"The Obama administration has been shamed by its rush to judgment after it forced the resignation of a black midlevel official in the Agriculture Department who was wrongly accused of racism by the right-wing blogosphere. Shirley Sherrod was sandbagged by a two-and-a-half-minute clip from a 45-minute speech in which the real message was reconciliation.
Instead of tracking down the whole speech, the administration ran scared. Tom Vilsack, the agriculture secretary, dismissed Ms. Sherrod from her job as the chief of the departments rural development office in Georgia. On Wednesday, Mr. Vilsack apologized<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/us/politics/22sherrod.html?hp>that Ms. Sherrod had been put through hell and offered her a new job with a unique opportunity to help the agency move past its checkered civil rights history. The White House admitted it bungled the entire affair." HOLY SH** !!! How messed up are things when politicians so fear the media that they act before even gathering the facts, rather than risk further talking heads' "analysis" On some level it shows that the media has influence, and that is as it should be if the Media is to be a watchdog to politicians and bringing information to the electorate. But this has gone too far. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/opinion/22thu4.html?_r=1&ref=op ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323546 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
